Maria Serena Roca

1.2k total citations
28 papers, 709 citations indexed

About

Maria Serena Roca is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Oncology and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Maria Serena Roca has authored 28 papers receiving a total of 709 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Molecular Biology, 12 papers in Oncology and 8 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Recurrent topics in Maria Serena Roca's work include Histone Deacetylase Inhibitors Research (11 papers), Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (4 papers) and Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research (4 papers). Maria Serena Roca is often cited by papers focused on Histone Deacetylase Inhibitors Research (11 papers), Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (4 papers) and Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research (4 papers). Maria Serena Roca collaborates with scholars based in Italy, Spain and United States. Maria Serena Roca's co-authors include Alfredo Budillon, Alessandra Leone, Francesca Bruzzese, Elena Di Gennaro, Chiara Ciardiello, Susan Costantini, Carlo Vitagliano, Manuela Terranova-Barberio, Rita Lombardi and Gennaro Ciliberto and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Clinical Oncology, PLoS ONE and Cancer Research.

In The Last Decade

Maria Serena Roca

26 papers receiving 699 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Maria Serena Roca Italy 14 457 184 152 104 68 28 709
Dan Zang China 18 486 1.1× 237 1.3× 166 1.1× 115 1.1× 68 1.0× 39 804
Suihai Wang China 15 482 1.1× 133 0.7× 250 1.6× 74 0.7× 113 1.7× 25 745
Annette Hayden United Kingdom 10 384 0.8× 239 1.3× 103 0.7× 86 0.8× 61 0.9× 17 724
Pablo Baquero Spain 12 620 1.4× 188 1.0× 246 1.6× 57 0.5× 52 0.8× 17 959
Chaoxin Hu United States 13 434 0.9× 367 2.0× 128 0.8× 47 0.5× 97 1.4× 18 920
Csaba László United States 13 395 0.9× 185 1.0× 192 1.3× 50 0.5× 82 1.2× 20 690
Lang‐Ming Chi Taiwan 20 512 1.1× 172 0.9× 176 1.2× 69 0.7× 111 1.6× 33 874
Zhijie Xiao China 18 569 1.2× 315 1.7× 125 0.8× 91 0.9× 136 2.0× 37 992
Rongzhen Lu United States 6 540 1.2× 140 0.8× 187 1.2× 65 0.6× 63 0.9× 6 808

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Fields of papers citing papers by Maria Serena Roca

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Maria Serena Roca

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Maria Serena Roca. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Maria Serena Roca based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Maria Serena Roca. Maria Serena Roca is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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González-Suárez, Susana, et al.. (2025). Role of VATS-US in identifying and characterizing pulmonary nodules: a narrative review. Frontiers in Surgery. 12. 1567390–1567390.
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Roca, Maria Serena, Rita Lombardi, Cristina Testa, et al.. (2025). Valproic acid improves the efficacy of oxaliplatin/fluoropyrimidine-based chemotherapy by targeting cancer stem cell via β-Catenin modulation in colorectal cancer. Cell Death and Disease. 16(1). 583–583. 1 indexed citations
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Mottini, Carla, Francesca R. Auciello, Isabella Manni, et al.. (2024). The cross-talk between the macro and micro-environment in precursor lesions of pancreatic cancer leads to new and promising circulating biomarkers. Journal of Experimental & Clinical Cancer Research. 43(1). 198–198. 5 indexed citations
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Mirallas, Oriol, Diana Valbuena, Maria Serena Roca, et al.. (2023). 2144P The PRognostic Oncologic Plantology (PROP) website tool predicts 30-day mortality in hospitalized cancer patients on treatment. Annals of Oncology. 34. S1116–S1117. 2 indexed citations
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Cocco, Stefania, Alessandra Leone, Maria Serena Roca, et al.. (2022). Inhibition of autophagy by chloroquine prevents resistance to PI3K/AKT inhibitors and potentiates their antitumor effect in combination with paclitaxel in triple negative breast cancer models. Journal of Translational Medicine. 20(1). 290–290. 79 indexed citations
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Roca, Maria Serena, Tania Moccia, Federica Iannelli, et al.. (2022). HDAC class I inhibitor domatinostat sensitizes pancreatic cancer to chemotherapy by targeting cancer stem cell compartment via FOXM1 modulation. Journal of Experimental & Clinical Cancer Research. 41(1). 83–83. 36 indexed citations
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Hernando, Jorge, M. Díez García, N. Saoudi Gonzalez, et al.. (2020). 1186P Impact of temozolomide (TEM) and capecitabine (CAP) dose reductions in toxicity and efficacy in patients (pts) with neuroendocrine neoplasms (NENs) treated with CAPTEM chemotherapy. Annals of Oncology. 31. S782–S782. 1 indexed citations
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Iannelli, Federica, Maria Serena Roca, Rita Lombardi, et al.. (2020). Valproic Acid Synergizes With Cisplatin and Cetuximab in vitro and in vivo in Head and Neck Cancer by Targeting the Mechanisms of Resistance. Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology. 8. 732–732. 25 indexed citations
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Iannelli, Federica, Maria Serena Roca, Rita Lombardi, et al.. (2020). Synergistic antitumor interaction of valproic acid and simvastatin sensitizes prostate cancer to docetaxel by targeting CSCs compartment via YAP inhibition. Journal of Experimental & Clinical Cancer Research. 39(1). 213–213. 45 indexed citations
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Lombardi, Rita, Maura Sonego, Biagio Pucci, et al.. (2020). HSP90 identified by a proteomic approach as druggable target to reverse platinum resistance in ovarian cancer. Molecular Oncology. 15(4). 1005–1023. 13 indexed citations
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Minopoli, Michele, Gerardo Botti, Vincenzo Gigantino, et al.. (2019). Targeting the Formyl Peptide Receptor type 1 to prevent the adhesion of ovarian cancer cells onto mesothelium and subsequent invasion. Journal of Experimental & Clinical Cancer Research. 38(1). 459–459. 16 indexed citations
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Piro, Geny, Maria Serena Roca, Francesca Bruzzese, et al.. (2019). Vorinostat Potentiates 5-Fluorouracil/Cisplatin Combination by Inhibiting Chemotherapy-Induced EGFR Nuclear Translocation and Increasing Cisplatin Uptake. Molecular Cancer Therapeutics. 18(8). 1405–1417. 18 indexed citations
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Leone, Alessandra, Maria Serena Roca, Chiara Ciardiello, Susan Costantini, & Alfredo Budillon. (2017). Oxidative Stress Gene Expression Profile Correlates with Cancer Patient Poor Prognosis: Identification of Crucial Pathways Might Select Novel Therapeutic Approaches. Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity. 2017(1). 2597581–2597581. 94 indexed citations
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Rusciano, Giulia, Gianluigi Zito, M. Rubessa, et al.. (2017). Raman-microscopy investigation of vitrification-induced structural damages in mature bovine oocytes. PLoS ONE. 12(5). e0177677–e0177677. 30 indexed citations
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Terranova-Barberio, Manuela, Biagio Pecori, Maria Serena Roca, et al.. (2017). Synergistic antitumor interaction between valproic acid, capecitabine and radiotherapy in colorectal cancer: critical role of p53. Journal of Experimental & Clinical Cancer Research. 36(1). 177–177. 29 indexed citations
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Leone, Alessandra, Maria Serena Roca, Chiara Ciardiello, et al.. (2015). Vorinostat synergizes with EGFR inhibitors in NSCLC cells by increasing ROS via up-regulation of the major mitochondrial porin VDAC1 and modulation of the c-Myc-NRF2-KEAP1 pathway. Free Radical Biology and Medicine. 89. 287–299. 64 indexed citations
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Bruzzese, Francesca, Christina Hägglöf, Alessandra Leone, et al.. (2014). Local and Systemic Protumorigenic Effects of Cancer-Associated Fibroblast-Derived GDF15. Cancer Research. 74(13). 3408–3417. 107 indexed citations

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